DNC just has to get behind Bernie

[cilla4progress]

if he's the one.

[walkingman]

1. They have no choice.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. DNC WILL get behind Bernie...Tom Perez knows he has no choice if he wants to remain DNC Chairman.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

2. He is not the one. And will never be the one. Nope. Never.

[Green Line]

3. Agree

[democratisphere]

5. Totally agree. Would be the kiss of death.

[Garrett78]

6. Not that long ago I would have agreed. But he truly does have a path to the nomination.

Sanders has made inroads with POC, continues to be the favorite among young voters, and the potential is there for him to end up with a clear majority of pledged delegates.

In 2016, we knew after Super Tuesday that Sanders didn't stand a chance. In 2020, it may be the case that after Super Tuesday nobody but Sanders has a chance. That's not a prediction. I'm just saying that it would be foolish to deny that possibility.

[brooklynite]

16. Bernie is polling at HALF his 2016 strength...

...that isn't a sign that the voters are rallying around him.

[thesquanderer]

20. OTOH, he's consistently polled better than anyone else besides Biden...

...and based on more recent events, it is very conceivable that he would now poll best. So if you're arguing that he does not have a path to the nomination, the argument that he is polling at less than half of 2016 is weak... if no one polls better. Put differently, SOMEONE has to be the nominee, and I'm not sure anyone has a significantly greater likelihood than he than he does.

[Garrett78]

37. 2016 was a 2-person race.

[booley]

46. well if you want to go back in time to 2016 feel free to do so

Ok You think Sanders isn't polling as well as he did in 2016.

But none of the other candidates are-polling as well as him RIGHT NOW. Clearly more people are rallying around him than Biden or Buttigieg or anyone else. RIGHT NOW.

We aren't voting in 2016. We are voting for 2020.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

33. Yes, as you point out, Bernie's makin inroads with POC & young people is the KEY to Bernie's surge!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Liberty Belle]

35. And this year, Super Tuesday includes California, which used to vote in June, now votes in March.

With 435 delegates, the most of any state, California skews liberal. Sanders has campaigned hard here and has a strong shot of winning this state.

He is not my first choice but anyone who denies he has a path to the nomination this time is not paying attention.

Biden didn't even bother to show up at the CA Dem convention, when he should have been out trying to win votes here.

Warren has been here and may have a shot. I don't think Klobucher or Buttigieg have, or most of the lesser polling ones.

[Garrett78]

38. CA had been on Super Tuesday consistently before 2012.

If Sanders wins here, it will certainly be significant. If he wins NH and does well in both NV and SC, him winning CA is likely.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

44. California skews liberal. Please point me to source where Sanders self-identifies as a liberal.

Thanks in advance.

[Liberty Belle]

45. He's certainly to the left of Bloomberg, Biden, Buttigieg and Klobucher.

Warren is a true liberal but hasn't polled so well in CA lately nor spent enough time here.

It's hard for me to imagine the vast number of progressives getting behind those other candidates listed.

California's own Senator, Kamala Harris has dropped out as have all of the Latino, black and Asian candidates, though, and California has a huge number of minorities, so it will be interesting to see who they shift to now.

Sadly for Californians, March apparently isn't early enough to vote and have a shot at keeping minorities in the race.

[peoli]

10. Wow

[trueblue2007]

14. i hope you are right ..... you sure seem sure in your statement !!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I assume it will, because whatever reasonable resentment DNC members might feel

as the result of having been repeatedly kicked in the nuts by Bernie and his campaign staff, he's at least playing at being a Democrat again for the time being, and they (and we) desperately want to beat Trump. And they'll have to try to manufacture some coattails to attach to him, since he will otherwise have none, to get down-ticket Democrats elected.

I hope to God it doesn't come to that because if it does we're screwed.

[scheming daemons]

7. If he gets to 1990 delegates, they will

But until then..... they won't

[Scurrilous]

8. LOL

He has .55% of 1990. Halfway to the one.

[Tiggeroshii]

11. Which is still 500% more delegates than Biden has FWIW

[UniteFightBack]

12. There are other candidates besides Biden and Sanders who are collecting delegates. nt

[LanternWaste]

21. No one argued nor intimated otherwise.

But I get it... Bernie's anemic results *must* be tempered by contrast and comparison-- it's impossible to offer a positive narrative for him otherwise.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

34. GOT THAT RIGHT!!! BOOOOOOOOMMM!!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[denem]

9. Bloomberg will (if necessary)

He has no choice. Bloomberg is on trump's enemies list big time. If 45 gets a second term Barr, will go after him, his friends and family, everyone who matters to him. He knew that when he entered the race. Mike is pulling no punches (quite the opposite). I have no doubt he would back Bernie 100% (if he has to).

[krissey]

13. Has he earned it? Is there anything in his dossier that shows he deserves it? He will get DNC.

Because that is who Democrats are. We are better than that. We are certainly way better than what he has been saying about Democrats for the last five decades. In the meantime, I think there are a whole lot of Democrats that will do all we can with our vote to make sure the DNC will not have to get behind Sanders. Just my opinion.

[whistler162]

15. I thought that was berniebots major

complain? That the DNC is getting behind him to shove him out of the way for a younger, less angry, non-New Yorker candidate!

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Will he get behind the DNC?

[ripcord]

18. The DNC should not show a preference

It is not up to them to decide who democrats are voting for, they should not be supporting or refusing to support any candidates. If they feel Bernie isn't a real democrat they should have kept him off the primary ballots and explained why to the party membership. These behind the scenes games are bullshit and are just becoming normal operating procedure for democratic primaries, would be nice if the Democratic leadership would show some ethics in this case.

[scheming daemons]

22. They can show a preference the minute a candidate gets to 1,990 delegates

But until that time, they have to be as neutral as possible.

[cilla4progress]

25. Thanks

for elaborating!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Well, if you believe Sherod Brown, he was just on MoJoe...

He said it was early. He said when he was just home, that people are just beginning to look at the candidate choices. Guess that must mean they didn't watch the debates. But back to point, wonder if that means that only the staunch and avid are involved right now. DNC will wait?

[Mike 03]

23. Shouldn't we figure out who our frontrunner is first?

I'm as impatient as you are. But it seems too early to "get behind" only one candidate.

[cilla4progress]

24. Ummm...

Point of my post.

[Mike 03]

42. ooops. Sorry.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Wouldn't getting behind one of them make them the frontrunner?

The reasoning is kind of circular, I think.

[zackymilly]

26. I believe Bloomberg will be the one. He's moving up quickly. n/t

[cilla4progress]

29. Ugh

I know....

[Fresh_Start]

27. DNC doesn't have any superpowers

they don't have sway with the voters

they are only useful as enemies for Bernie

[apcalc]

28. Not yet.

They will get behind our nominee.

We don’t have one yet.

[still_one]

32. They will, "if he is the one"

[cilla4progress]

36. Well, I hope so.

We must unify behind the choice of the voters. It's our only choice.

[Happy Hoosier]

40. The real question is, will he get behind them?

He never has before.

[democrattotheend]

43. Agreed, but I fear they won't - not enough

Sure, they will endorse him and issue the right statements of support, but I am afraid it will be like what I understand 1972 was like, where the establishment basically sat on its hands and wrote the presidential election off as a lost cause. Bernie has ruffled too many feathers among Democrats whose support he will need to win. That's a big reason I am not supporting him this time, even though I did in 2016.